The world was judged before by water, a massive flood; historians know that the world went through some catastrophic change, but their speculations vary. But the Truth is found in the Word of Truth: God repented that He created man and was sorry that He created them; so He warned Noah and commanded him to build an ark; Noah's actions testified to the people of the coming destruction: with the hammering, he preached, "Repent"; with the laying up of wood, "Judgement." God was going to send a flood of water! Which was something never seen before, for water never came from the sky, but mists came up from the ground to water the earth (Genesis 2:6). The people presumed, "Something like this has never happened ever-since the beginning of the days of our life, ever-since the days of old, water has come up from the earth and everything has gone on as it should." However, despite what they believed in their hearts, water came from the sky and God released the water from inside the earth to flood all the land, to destroy all with the breath of life. However, all who entered in through the door of the ark were saved, which was Noah and his family, eight in all, and two of every kind of animal with some extra animals for sacrifice; for animals were not afraid of man in those days because they were not killed by man for food. And all these point to the present time: for whoever enters in through the Door, that is to say, through Christ, will be saved from the flood of God's wrath which is yet to come, which is coming upon the earth, which is a judgment not of water, but of fire; [this is why it says, “For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.” (Ephesians 5:5-6) And, “Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.” (Colossians 3:5-7)]
But Christ has become unto us who believe a refuge, a shelter, a protection from God's wrath; through God's provision of grace, by His Son, He spares many who believe and trust in Him; and He is more trustworthy than wood, for He is our Rock; for according to wood on the sea, it says, “There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: The way of an eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a maid.” (Proverbs 30:18-19) But there is no surprise that our Rock is a Shelter; for men make their homes on the rock; and even, “The hyraxes are not mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks.” (Proverbs 30:26) For God has given us His Son as a Shelter for salvation and declares in Him safety; and the entrance into Him is by faith. Noah was spared for a short while from flood waters, but later died; those who enter into Christ will be saved eternally by the life of Christ. And Noah inherited a new earth, purged from evil by water; how much greater do you suppose the inheritance of God, the new heaven and the new earth, for those who love God, which is purified not by water, but by raging fire? For only that which can withstand the fire endures, being made pure by refinement; and the rest which cannot withstand is burned up; and the city of God is said to be of pure gold. So then, if we go on living as one with this world, we are surely not saved from the wrath which is to come - as it says, only those who entered into the ark were saved; and it says of our Refuge, " You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. " (1 John 3:5-6)
But who believing these things does not flee to Christ for safety? As the admonishment says, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues." (Revelation 18:4)
As it says, "Come out of her", which is this world; we come out of the world through repentance, and come to Christ through faith, and remain in Him through perseverence.
After the great flood, God made a covenant with Noah; as God says, " This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. " (Genesis 9:12-17)
During the flood, water was used to punish the world, but Noah was saved through water; likewise it is said about the end, "Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.” (Daniel 12:10) For the testimony will condemn the unbelieving, but the testimony will save the believing. For the end will come will a flood, and the righteous will be saved through fire, for the fire refines and purifies; but the same fire will destroy the wicked. But after the flood of water, God put the rainbow in the sky; and He caused the rain to pour down on the righteous and the wicked alike, showing grace to everyone despite their wickedness; so with the covenant of grace, peace came from God to the whole world; and this pertains to this very time, as God says through Isaiah the prophet: " For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you. For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken. " (Isaiah 54:9-10)
And so much so, Paul closes his letters with the phrase, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." For this is the result of a covenant: peace. Likewise He says, "Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person." (Colossians 4:6) And salt by the covenant of salt which God has made with us, one of peace: of forgiving our sins through Christ's blood, of His grace so that we would be reconciled to Him in love, for He has made peace with us through His grace. But take heed! I admonish you: after the flood, those who knew of God's lovingkindness and forbearance by making a covenant with every living creature, and those who knew of His wrath in flooding the world with water, but sinned blatantly despite knowing these things, as it was with Sodom, as it was with Gomorrah, God judged, not with water, but with fire and brimstone, rainning it down from the sky - as it is with water - as a warning in these latter times of the judgment of fire to those who refuse to obey the truth, living ungodly lives thereafter; He will judge them with fire, namely, a lake of fire - as it is with water - and fire, namely, raining down - as it is with water - and fire to drink - as it is with water. "Oh, but today we have never seen the water as fire, ever since the beginning of the world these things have always been the same. The fire we can see in the heavens, but it never comes down to the earth." But with the revelation of the grace of God comes the revelation of the wrath of God; for Christ was the first to preach openly about Gehenna, and He was the first to reveal the Good News of God's grace. The world as we know it is passing away and anyone found of it in the end will be found deserving judgment with it; but God calls us out ahead of time, calling us to come to Christ. He wills that none should perish, but all come to the knowledge of God, coming to repentance to everlasting life; and He has proved this, so much so in that He has made peace with us ahead of the time through Jesus, our Savior; as the LORD declares, " I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. " (Jeremiah 32:40)
Greater is the Spirit in us than the spirit in the world; the Spirit in us who believe is the Spirit of Christ Jesus, and He has overcome the world; therefore, we have strength in Christ to flee the world and its lusts and pride. Those who entered into the ark floated above the destruction of the earth by water; so it will be for those who enter into Christ; we will be caught up with Jesus when He returns; as it says, " Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. " (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
(I put only parts of Holy Scripture in here, but I encourage you to read the whole of them for yourself.) Furthermore, Jesus testifies that He is the door into the sheepfold and the Good Shepherd; as He says, " Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. " (John 10:1-18)
And again God spoke through the prophet Ezekiel saying, " For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD. "I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment." (...) Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken. I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. " (Ezekiel 34:11-31)
Therefore, as Jesus says, " I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. " (Luke 11:9-10)
For Jesus is the Way and the Door, the Shepherd and the Refuge.